Bowl

Bowl is an easy cross-country ski route in the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, part of Battle Creek Regional Park in Minnesota. County land manages the site, and the trip is short, out and back, covering about 0.3 miles with a tiny climb of roughly 45 feet, so it makes an easy addition to a longer outing on the surrounding trail network. Winter is the natural season for this route. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in St. Paul put January highs around 23°F and lows near 8°F, while February is similar at highs of about 28°F. Temperatures there run about the same as the station's, since the route sits just 34 feet higher. Meadow Loop and Connector are each about 0.2 miles away, and Luge, a mountain biking route, is about 0.1 mile off. Competition Hill is roughly half a mile away.